PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buddy Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kina Penueta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnett's entrance music is Move. A fine choice. Penueta has chosen Manu Samoa as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barnett
vs
Penueta

182 cm
20
194 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Real Fighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buddy Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kina Penueta!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Penueta scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Penueta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barnett defending well though.
Penueta trying to pass the guard but Barnett defending well.
Penueta is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Barnett lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Penueta!
Barnett looking to finish with strikes here!
Barnett throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Barnett punishing his opponent with strikes.

It looks like Kina Penueta has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnett fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That has opened up Kina Penueta's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penueta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barnett throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Penueta because Barnett loaded up on that one.

Barnett is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Penueta can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Barnett looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Barnett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Barnett has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Penueta is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Buddy Barnett!
Our winner, Buddy Barnett, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.